Month: July 2019

When Allyson Felix competed at USA Track and Field's nationals last week, the most decorated woman in the Olympic sport was without a sponsor. Two months earlier, Felix had come forward about her battle with…

V.G. Siddhartha, the founder of India’s biggest coffee chain, has been confirmed dead days after he purportedly wrote a letter indicating he was anxious about pressure from banks, investors and the tax authorities. Siddhartha told…

The Latest on the second round of Democratic presidential primary debates in Detroit (all times local): 10:45 p.m. - Democratic candidates close out debate Democratic presidential candidates are closing out the latest debate in Detroit. Marianne Williamson,…

The second round of debates for Democratic presidential candidates gets underway Tuesday—and those who scored big in June are hoping to further distance themselves from the pack, while those who stumbled hope to regain ground.…

Donald Trump scored a win Tuesday when a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by the Democratic National Committee claiming his presidential campaign conspired with Russia and WikiLeaks to hack the DNC’s emails in the run-up…

Converse is throwing a lot of spaghetti at the wall, trying collaboration after collaboration, while U.S. sales for its iconic Chuck Taylor high-and-low-top canvas sneakers continue to slump. This summer, at rough count, the brand…

"Wish us luck on opening a new video store in 2019." That's Alamo Drafthouse Cinema CEO Tim League talking, and he's only half joking about the seemingly contrarian gambit playing out at the newest outpost…

Ping An built an empire around safe and staid products like life insurance. Now it's betting its future on inventive uses of big data—and gearing up to do battle with fast-growing tech giants like Alibaba.…

The actor talked to Fortune about his adventures in Hollywood and with Trejo’s Tacos. Nothing about Danny Trejo is what you might expect, including his secret to success. “Everything good that’s happened to me is…

If all goes as planned in August, a freight train will chug down a track near Pueblo, Colo.—entirely controlled by computers. Humans in the locomotive will merely observe, as the latest in artificial intelligence and…

President Donald Trump said he plans to nominate Representative John Ratcliffe as Director of National Intelligence, replacing Dan Coats, who he said would depart the office on Aug. 15. The president announced the personnel changes…

Modena’s food reputation looms far larger than the town of 185,000 residents. It’s home to Massimo Bottura’s Osteria Francescana (often listed as among the best restaurants in the world), its handmade pastas featuring prominently in…

After Prohibition, the federal government issued the Federal Alcohol Administration Act of 1935, which provided guidelines for four distinctive styles of American straight whiskey: bourbon, rye, wheat, and malt. Each uses a different grain (or…

Once the star island of the sugar trade, the tiny Caribbean island of Nevis now produces something even sweeter: an overwhelming surplus of mangoes. Branches hang heavy with them over the narrow roads that wind…

The social and political conditions that led to the Holocaust, the disbelief of some, the relative recency of the occurrence, and the lack of knowledge surrounding an event so important to modern history are all…